Xinhua News Agency, Washington, November 6 (Reporter Yan Liang Sun Ding) according to a number of US media reports on the evening of the 6th, the Democratic Party won control of the House of Representatives in the mid-term elections held on the same day, while the Republican Party further consolidated the Senate majority position. The United States Congress will once again enter the era of "secession".
CNN, Fox News and other media reports that the Democratic Party will win more seats than the House majority required 218 seats, after eight years to regain control of the House of Representatives; Republicans regained Senate seats in Indiana, Missouri and other states, further solidifying the Senate majority. The new Congress will take office at the beginning of 2019.
Health care, immigration and the economy are the top three issues of concern in the election, according to polls; nearly 2/3 of voters say they want to vote for or against President Trump.
Trump said on social media late on the 6th: "tonight was a great success, thank you all!" Current House minority leader, Democrat Pelosi, said the new Congress will check and balance the White House.
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In an interview with Xinhua News Agency, Darrell West, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, said a "split" in Congress could lead to more political gridlock. Analysts say Democrats may rely on a majority in the House of Representatives to put more weight on the Trump administration's internal and foreign affairs.
The mid-term election that day also re-elected 36 governors, three overseas dependent territories chief executives and most state legislatures and so on.